Saturday, December 29, 2007
Free speech: Victories and defeats in the Muslim world
Victory: The Sandmonkey reports on a major victory for free speech in Egypt:
Three Cheers for the Egyptian justice system. Judge Mourad lost his case today, and the court ruled in favor of freedom of speech on the internet, with emphasis that websites should never get blocked by the government. This is a very important legal precedent, and a boon to free speech advocates everywhere. Kudos to Gamal Eid and the Hesham Mubarak legal team, and special thanks to Judge Mourad: if it wasn't for your stupidity, this wouldn't have taken place at all.
Defeat: The government of Malaysia has declared that the word "Allah" can only be used by Muslims. You know what that makes me want to do? Allah! Allah. Allah? Allahy, Allahy - Oxen Free! Allah!
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2 Comments:
By 
D.E. Cloutier, at
Sat Dec 29, 09:17:00 PM:
Yep. Mafia figures can't say "Allah youse guys" when they are in Malaysia.
By 
, at
Sun Dec 30, 10:56:00 AM:
Working around the censors:
Allah'll sure be grateful when I can speak freely!
Okay, all 'uhs' go here, and all 'ahs' go over there.
Do, re, mi, fa, so...ah, a 'la'!
I don' see why all'a youz guyz get so worked up over this when all, uh, you have to do is fake it!
I don't know about you, but I could sure use al lahxitive!
